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Overtime equivalent to 58 000 full-time jobs
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2004-08-04T10:00:00.000Z
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Labour force survey, overtime, 2004

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Overtime equivalent to 58 000 full-time jobs

20 per cent of the full-time employees worked overtime in Q2 2004, 23 per cent among males and 15 per cent among females. The amount of overtime was equivalent to 58 000 full-time jobs, or 4.4 per cent of all man-weeks by employees working full-time.

The proportion of people working over-time was highest in business activities (28 per cent), wholesale trade, and oil and gas extraction (25 per cent). The rate was lowest in education, hotels and restaurants, and health and social work (10-14 per cent).

Overtime is defined as working hours which exceed the settled or contractual working hours for full-time employees, conducted during a specified survey week. 58 per cent of the overtime was compensated by payment, 24 per cent by time off, while 18 per cent were reported to be done without any kind of compensation.

The use of overtime increases with educational level. Among full-time employees with a university or college education, 23 per cent worked overtime, against 17 per cent of employees with less education.

Labour Force Survey, Q2 2004.